The list of ship launches in 1888 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1888.
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Date |
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
13 January |
United Kingdom |
Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Blyth |
Godmunding |
Steamship |
For T. B. Williams.[1] |
30 January |
United Kingdom |
John Readhead & Sons |
South Shields |
Trelawny |
Steel steamship |
For Messrs Edward Hain and Son.[2] |
11 February |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Holkar |
Sailing ship |
For T. & J. Brocklebank.[3] |
29 February |
United Kingdom |
John Readhead & Sons |
South Shields |
Charters Towers |
Cargo ship |
For private owner. |
February |
|
Whitehaven Shipping Company |
Whitehaven |
Dunboyne |
Full-rigged ship |
For Charles E. Martin & Co. |
14 March |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Bostonian |
Cargo ship |
For White Star Line.[4] |
15 March |
United Kingdom |
J. & G. Thompson |
Clydebank |
City of New York |
Ocean liner |
For Inman Line.[5] |
20 March |
Malta |
Malta Dockyard |
Malta |
Melita |
Mariner-class gunvessel |
For Royal Navy. |
27 March |
United Kingdom |
Pembroke Dockyard |
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire |
Nile |
Trafalgar-class ironclad |
For Royal Navy.[6] |
14 April |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Idar |
Cargo ship |
For F Leyland & Co.[7] |
28 April |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
USS Yorktown |
Gunboat |
For United States Navy. |
30 April |
United Kingdom |
Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Blyth |
Rapel |
Steamship |
For Compagnia Sud Americana de Vapores.[9] |
1 May |
United Kingdom |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
Portsmouth |
Nymphe |
Nymphe-class sloop |
For Royal Navy. |
26 May |
United Kingdom |
Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Blyth |
Sultana |
Steamship |
For Bailey & Leetham.[11] |
29 May |
United Kingdom |
Sheerness Dockyard |
Sheerness |
Daphne |
Nymphe-class sloop |
For Royal Navy.[12] |
12 June |
United Kingdom |
William Dobson and Company |
Walker |
Derwent |
Cargo liner |
For Goole Steam Shipping Company. |
19 June |
United Kingdom |
Charles Joseph Bigger |
Londonderry |
Ivy |
Steamship |
For Glasgow, Dublin & Londonderry Steam Packet Co.[13] |
23 June |
United Kingdom |
W. Allsup & Sons Ltd. |
Preston |
Alexandra |
Paddle steamer |
For Devon & Cornwall Tamar Steam Packet Co. Ltd.[14] |
25 June |
United Kingdom |
Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Hebburn |
Gulf of Corcovado |
Cargo liner |
For Greenock Steamship Co.[15] |
7 July |
United Kingdom |
Earle's Shipbuilding |
Hull |
Equity |
Cargo ship |
For Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited. |
19 July |
United States |
Union Iron Works |
San Francisco, California |
Charleston |
Protected Cruiser |
For United States Navy. |
23 July |
United Kingdom |
John Readhead & Sons |
South Shields |
Trewarvas |
Cargo ship |
For Edward Hain and Son, St Ives, Cornwall[17] |
24 July |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Palmas |
Cargo ship |
For Sir A. L. Jones.[18] |
4 August |
United States |
Union Iron Works |
San Francisco, California |
Active |
Tug |
For private owner.[19][20] |
7 August |
Japan |
Onohama Shipyards |
Kobe |
Akagi |
Gunboat |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
9 August |
United Kingdom |
Blyth Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Blyth |
William Morphy |
Steamship |
For Mediterranean Steamship Co. Ltd.[22] |
18 August |
United Kingdom |
Fairfields |
Govan |
Marathon |
Marathon-class cruiser |
For Royal Navy[23] |
22 September |
United Kingdom |
Robert Napier and Sons |
Govan |
Atrato |
Ocean liner |
For Royal Mail Steam Packet Company |
6 October |
United States |
William Cramp & Sons |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
USS Baltimore |
Protected cruiser |
For United States Navy. |
6 October |
United Kingdom |
|
Greenock |
Peninsular |
|
For P&O[24] |
10 October |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Cufic |
Livestock carrier |
For White Star Line. |
15 October |
Japan |
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Yokosuka |
Takao |
Cruiser |
For Imperial Japanese Navy. |
19 October |
United Kingdom |
Charles Joseph Bigger |
Londonderry |
Paul Isenburg |
Barque |
For J. C. Pfluger & Co.[26] |
20 October |
United Kingdom |
J & G Thompson |
Clydebank |
City of Paris |
Ocean liner |
For Inman Line. |
1 November |
United Kingdom |
Earle's Shipbuilding |
Hull |
Oldham |
Cargo liner |
For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. |
17 November |
United Kingdom |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
Lord Londonderry |
Cargo ship |
For Irish Shipowners Ltd.[27] |
23 November |
United Kingdom |
Charles Joseph Bigger |
Londonderry |
Cupica |
Barque |
For W. H. Ross & Co.[28] |
4 December |
United Kingdom |
William Gray & Company |
West Hartlepool |
Missouri |
Steamship |
For private owner.[29][30] |
8 December |
United Kingdom |
Earle's Shipbuilding |
Hull |
Grimsby |
Cargo liner |
For Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
William Bayley & Sons |
Ipswich |
Alert |
Humber Keel |
For William Bayley Jr.[31] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
A. J. Bridgman |
Brentford |
Bard |
Tug |
For Hugh Hughes.[32] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Charles Joseph Bigger |
Londonderry |
Horizon |
Barque |
For Estier Frères.[33] |
Unknown date |
United Kingdom |
Charles Joseph Bigger |
Londonderry |
Oporto |
Steamship |
For S.S. Oporto Co. Ltd.[34] |
Close
"Godmunding". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"Launch Of A New Steamer For St Ives". The Cornishman. No. 500. 2 February 1888. p. 5.
"Holkar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
"Launch of the "City of New York"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. April 1888. pp. 27–28.
"Launch of H.M.S. "Nile"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. May 1888. p. 67.
"Idar". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
"Rapel". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"Sultana". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"The Twin-Screw Composite Sloop "Daphne"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 3. July 1888. pp. 135–36.
"Ivy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
"Alexandra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
"Launch of a New Steamer". The Cornishman. No. 525. 26 July 1888. p. 5.
"Palmas". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
Naval History And Heritage Command (19 January 2017). "Active III (Tug)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
"Foundry Notes". Mining and Scientific Press. 11 August 1888. p. 92. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
"William Morphy". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
"Princess Beatrice Launches a Man-of-War". The Cornishman. No. 530. 30 August 1888. p. 6.
"Mercantile Marine". The Cornishman. No. 536. 11 October 1888. p. 7.
"Paul Isenburg". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
"Cupica". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
"Alert". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
"Bard". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
"Horizon". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
"Oporto". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- Sources
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.